Greenhouse-gas Curbs

Decades of diplomatic efforts to tackle climate change culminated in Paris on Saturday with a common vision for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions and throwing a lifeline to vulnerable countries.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his country would seek a "pre-agreement" for a UN climate deal as early as October, ahead of the year-end conference in Paris.

Decades of diplomatic efforts to tackle climate change culminated in Paris on Saturday with a common vision for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions and throwing a lifeline to vulnerable countries.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his country would seek a "pre-agreement" for a UN climate deal as early as October, ahead of the year-end conference in Paris.